Well, my first cycle commute to the new office went well.

I had to make a small detour from my planned route when I discovered that the Angas Street bridge over Constitution Road in Meadowbank is currently closed, but otherwise no problems. The only part where I struggled a bit was the climb up Melville Street in Ryde, where the gradient briefly exceeds 10% and even with the electric assist that was hard work with all the extra weight on the bike (both in the panniers and around my waist). I coped though, and overall this cycle commute is a lot nicer than the one to the old offices in North Ryde. That route involved several short, sharp climbs like Melville Street which had to be done while mixing in with motor traffic, whereas on the new route there is just the one steep climb and it's on a very quiet street. The majority of the route is a relaxing roll along off road shared use paths on mostly level ground, and during the on road bit in the middle the traffic was generally light and I didn't have any problematic encounters with cars.

These 3D videos that Strava makes now are pretty neat, too: https://strava.app.link/vzFWdmJhWWb

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